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VARDHANA DYNASTY

  • Pushyabhuti, who ruled from Thaneswar, was the founder of ........... dynasty.

 –Vardhana

  • King Harshavardhana ascended the throne of Thaneshwar and Kannauj on the death of his brother, ............

 –Rajyavardhana

HARSHVARDHAN

  • Capital of the Harsh empire was

 –Kannauj

  • Where did Harshvardhan shift his capital from Thaneshwar ?

 –Kannuaj

  • In the later Gupta period the main trade centre was

 –Kannuaj

  • Who defeated Harshvardhan?

 –Pulkeshin II

  • At the Narmada river, the south bound advancement of Harshvardhan was checked by

 –Pulkeshin II

  • Which of the following is NOT correct regarding king Harshavardhana?

 –Harshavardhana’s court poet was Harishena

  • During the period of Harshvardhan, there was an official with the name Baladhikrit who was

 –The chief of infantry

  • Ruler who is known with the name Hatim for his quality of giving charity?

 –Harshvardhan

  • Of which dynasty was Shashank, the arch-enemy of Harsh?

 –Gaur dynasty

  • Tomaran belonged the racial group

 –The Huns

  • Hiuen Tsang, hailed as the prince of pilgrims, visited India during the reign of king ...........

 –Harsha

  • The Harshacharita is a biography of Harshavardhana, the ruler of Kannauj, composed in Sanskrit by his court poet, ............

 –Banabhatta

  • Emperor Harshvardhan organised two great religious assemblies

 –In Kannauj and Prayag

  • Where did Harsh use to organise his religious councils?

 –In Prayag

  • In the books of theology (the religious texts) the rate of land revenue is mentioned

 –(1/6 or the sixth part of the crop)

  • The development of feudalism was the major characteristic of the peasantry structure because during ........ period a landlord, intermediate class and the dependent peasant class came into existance

 –Harshavardhana

  • The famous Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visited India during which Emperor’s reign?

 –Harshavardhana

  • During the reign of which of the following kings did Chinese traveller Xuanzang visit India?

 –Harshavardhana

  • Banabhatta was the court poet of which of the following Indian kings?

 –Harshavardhana

  • The poet Ban/Banabhatta was the inhabitant of

 –Aurangabad (Bihar)

  • Of whose honour was the ‘Kannauj council’ organised by Harsh arranged?

 –Hiuen Tsang

TEXT

  • Whose work is ‘Ratnavali’?

 –By Harshvardhan

  • Who wrote ‘Harsh Charit’ in which the life of Harsh was described?

 –Banbhatt

  • Informations about the period of Harsh are written

 –In Harshcharit, a work by Banbhatt

  • Who was the court-poet of Harsh?

 –Bhanbhatt

  • Of which emperor Banbhatt was the court poet?

 –Harshvardhan

  • The last Buddhist king who was a great writer and a great scholar of Sanskrit, was

 –Harshvardhan

HIUEN TSANG

  • In the court of harsh, Hwensang was sent as an envoy by

 – Chinese emperor Tai Sung

  • At the time period of Hwensang’s visit of India, the most famous city for the production of cotton cloths was

 –Mathura

  • Even today the main reason to remember Hiuen Tsang in India is

 –For writing of Si-yu-chi

  • Chinese traveller who visited Bheenmal

 –Hiuen Tsang

  • Chinese traveller Itsing visited Bihar in

 –673 AD

  • The university in which Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang studied

 –Nalanda

  • The reason of destruction of the Nalanda University was

 –The Muslim invasion under the leadership of Bakhtiar Khilji

Ancient Indian History

15. HARSHVARDHAN

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